Description du projet
Nouveau système de détection pour les aéroports
Le secteur de l’aéronautique est crucial pour le transport et le commerce, ce qui suscite un grand intérêt pour l’adoption de nouvelles technologies. Ce secteur est actuellement confronté à un défi important sous la forme de débris (FOD pour Foreign Object Debris), d’oiseaux et de drones qui peuvent gêner les programmes des aéroports et mettre en danger les personnes et les marchandises. Malheureusement, les options actuelles destinées à lutter contre ce problème sont coûteuses, et inefficaces car elles ne détectent que les FOD ou requièrent la présence de patrouilles. Le projet FODBASA, financé par l’UE, entend lancer sa technologie FODBASA qui permettrait de détecter de manière efficace les FOD, les oiseaux ou les drones. Le système autonome basé sur des capteurs radar offre une capacité unique de détection simultanée: les FOD, les oiseaux et les drones.
Objectif
Aeronautic sector is increasingly facing various safety threats to passengers, crews and aircraft caused by foreign object debris (FOD) as well as birds and the growing number of drones on runways and surrounding airport areas. Given the high impact of potential accidents and incidents – damage to aircraft and potential loss of lives – there is a continuous adoption of best practices and technologies to mitigate the risks. Today, most airports rely on periodic vehicle patrols for runway inspections, but such procedures have several limitations. Then, alternative technological approaches are expensive and only detect FOD. Thus, today’s approaches have not been effective, and aviation sector experiences costs that are estimated in +$13 billion/year due to FOD and bird-aircraft strikes.
MS3E aims to seize a major market opportunity, offering an innovative solution – the FODBASA. FODBASA has been specifically developed to overcome limitations of existing technologies and to meet the high demand for safety solutions for the aeronautic industry. FODBASA is an autonomous radar-sensor-based system designed for simultaneous detection of FOD, birds and drones. There are no similar solutions in the market. Its unique capabilities come from our innovative and proprietary high-frequency radar sensor that has been successfully developed for military applications and was validated by Danish Defence. Thus, our system allows to provide accurate real-time FOD detection and real-time threat alert for both birds and drones on runways and within a 10-km radius of the airport. Finally, FODBASA is a cost-efficient solution, triggering an attractive business case for any airport serving more than 2.5 million passengers/year.
FODBASA will represent the best technology available and a technological breakthrough with high potential to drive the regulatory framework in the sector. FODBASA is expected to generate €74 million in revenue and €33 million in gross profit, in 5-years post-project.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradar
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
8250 EGA
Danemark
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.